Coal Mining Documentary – The Most Dangerous Job On Earth – Classic History
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and, since the 1880s, has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United Kingdom and South Africa a coal mine and its structures are a colliery, a coal mine a pit, and the above-ground structures the pit head. In Australia, “colliery” generally refers to an underground coal mine. In the United States “colliery” has been used to describe a coal mine operation but nowadays the word is not commonly used.
Coal mining has had many developments over the recent years, from the early days of men tunnelling, digging and manually extracting the coal on carts, to large open cut and long wall mines. Mining at this scale requires the use of draglines, trucks, conveyors, hydraulic jacks and shearers.
Small-scale mining of surface deposits dates back thousands of years. For example, in Roman Britain, the Romans were exploiting most of the major coalfields by the late 2nd century AD.
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I live on Harman, Virginia. Years ago, Harman Mining Company wuz hurr. They's a feller name of Aubrey Rash worked in the mines. God, he wuz a strong ole buzzard. I seen him break a' many #10 Coal Shovel wit the wait of the coal in them thangs. Ole Aubrey got drunk and jumped neked off the top of the tipple one time. Last thang ole Aubrey ever done.
I thought plants used carbon dioxide like how we use oxygen
Lying scumunist pigsg
Standing at the entrance of a Wal-Mart has to be the dangerous
My Grandad was a Coal Miner! ⛏ It was a Hell of a Job Down the Pit!!!
Coal Mining is a Hell of a Job!!! ⛏️👷♂️
Coal Mining is Hard Labour Work!!! ⚒️⛏️👷♂️
I noticed how they limited their comments on black lung and the yrs. Before progress was made to protect.. the only reason for doing so was exsposin them… by that time, which was well into the 20th century. .. why?? They along with many varieties of work places are allowed to self regulation and report. … this goes on to this day… I know first hand…my granddaddy died black lung…me? Duke Energy poisoned my drinkin water….
I have so much respect for coal miners,god bless them all.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. John 3:16-17
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It's not even in the top 10 anymore farming is the most dangerous job I the US
To be honest alot of these men choose to do this job and enjoy it as their fathers and grandparents did this too.
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Longwall crew 💪💪💪
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My dad worked at big branch on that same crew called “old man crew” thankfully he quit because it was unsafe. My dad was the best miner man there was and 1,000 men will attest to that. Wish I had an ounce of his ability and work ethic
one of the most underrated professionals i respect the most…..hats off to their bravery and tenacity…
This should have been a 100000 dollar job minimum. They are under paid and it's wrong.